Cyprus is among those who support and support measures that tend to the application of international law, President Nicos Anastasiades said tonight, referring to the issue of Ukraine.
In his statements to the media, coming to the THOC Theatre for the THOC Awards ceremony, the President of the Republic, in response to a journalist's remark that at a time when the international community and the EU are imposing sanctions on Russia, the Turkish President is attempting to upgrade Turkey's geostrategic role, and asked how he translates these moves by Turkey, he said "I do not translate or do not want to translate the Turkish President's moves, Ankara's policy of subtle neutrality is well known.
What I note with regret is the attitude of those who have joined forces and are on the same wavelength against the war. That is, while the EU, and not only the EU, decides to impose sanctions, they watch with apathy what Turkey, unfortunately, does by not implementing any sanction, developing the theory that it is not sanctions imposed by the UN.
Asked to comment on the European Commission's recommendation that countries that have given passports to Russians should take them back, the President said that "as far as I know, of the 850 so many people who have been put on the list of banned oligarchs or members of the Duma, only one has a Cypriot passport."
Asked to comment on the European Commission's recommendation that countries that have given passports to Russians should take them back, the President said that "as far as I know, of the 850 so many people on the list of banned oligarchs or members of the Duma, only one has a Cypriot passport.
Asked if this one will be stripped of his Cypriot passport, the President said "we will see, we are so far among those who support and support measures that tend to the application of international law. Therefore, a similar decision must be taken for granted from our side as well."
Asked if it is time for Europe to turn its attention to Cyprus' natural gas, the President said that "it is exactly what I have said, it is issues that I have raised both before President Biden - I was one of the seven who had addressed the President of the United States and the European Council - and I have reported extensively on everything we have mentioned."
Asked if it is time for Europe to turn its attention to Cyprus' natural gas, the President said that "it is exactly what I have said, it is issues that I have raised both before President Biden - I was one of the seven who had addressed the President of the United States and the European Council - and I have reported extensively on everything we have mentioned.
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